You are what my mama calls a “sister-friend”. As the years have gone by and the seasons changed, I can always turn and see you right there. You are the kind of friend who is my soulmate. We have been through every kind of thick and thin, from boys to college to even each other. I have talked with you, laughed with you, prayed with you, and cried with you. I have thanked God countless times for giving me you. I have praised Him for a person of my same heart who will never leave me, even when it feels like everyone else has.
I love the memories that I have made with you. I love our adventures, whether it is to the other side of the world or to Target. I love binge watching YouTube videos while talking about life with you. I love sitting in coffee shops for hours on end talking about Jesus with you. I love that no matter what happens to me, and even if we haven’t talked for weeks, I can come to you. When other friends dropped me for other things, you stayed. On the days when I have been drowning from loneliness, you gave me air. You have gotten me through some of my toughest times and you do not even realize it.
You don’t know how much that silly Snapchat means when I’ve been crying from stress. You don’t know how my heart leaps when you ask to make plans after I’ve been telling myself that no one cares. Every text, every hug, every single small gesture is HUGE.
When God put you in my life I had no idea what was to come. I never expected to one day see this gorgeous girl as a future bridesmaid in my wedding. I didn’t know at the time that God had just given me the Hannah to my Mary for times when I just really need someone to pour out my thoughts to.
Thank you. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for being the one who didn’t leave. Thank you for making me feel special and funny and brave. Thank you for praying for me even during the “happy” times. Thank you for constantly reminding me that you are there. Thank you for growing with me instead of away for me. Thank you for being YOU--beautiful, strong, funny, smart, ambitious, daring, inspiring, uplifting, and pure.
Thank you for lifting me up:
“Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has no other to lift him up!” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
I love you sweet friend.
